Wood: Fantasia on British Sea-Songs - BBC Proms

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Watch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 bbc.in/iPlayer-Home Soprano, Danielle de Niese, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marin Alsop at the Last Night of the Proms 2015. Watch the whole concert at:
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Available until 12 October 15.
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[@HighTen_Melanie]

Love the slightly tipsy version! This is my favourite song from the last night of the proms.

[@TERMINATIONBLISS08]

I have the sudden urge to sail somewhere and drink rum
Who's with me???

[@jobkramer560]

AI!

[@d4nd4m4n1]

Love Marin Alsop. I hope she conducts another proms soon

[@GrandiaKnight]

Finally! The best part of the proms is back!

[@PetrolHeadBrasil]

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! GOD SAVE BRITAIN!

[@timothyj1966]

that encore was a frenzy - Marin Alsop was brilliant that Year! Watch in live in Canada at the Cineplex - wishing I was there in London!

[@timothyj1966]

thankfully in small town Canada - this is as close as I will get to real Culture. I catch in LIVE in the afternoon each September at our Cinemas on the big screen… people bring Union Jack flags and have a great time…

[@peperoni_pepino]

@@atreyuoscroft7382 I know I'm late at commenting, but they have been streaming the Last day of the Prom to the Netherlands since 2014 or so.

[@adamwithey8194]

I wish Mairead Nesbitt the Celtic Woman companion can play the Fantasia of British sea songs while she plays the violin in different medleys! She could come to the royal Albert hall in London to participate BBC PROMS for one day. For instance, Jack's the Lad (Hornpipe)

[@mittfh]

Has anyone worked out what tempo the orchestra ramped up to by the end? I think it was in the region of 300bpm (5 beats per second)- pretty darn fast (well, they have to be able to play it that fast to be able to outpace the prommers' claps...)

[@ryzenoctavian]

It was around 250 bpm

[@thatspiderbyte]

I believe the exact bpm was "bloody fast"

[@nikhildeo5998]

Does anyone else like the piccolo part in this?

[@evansmith3589]

In the US, we call this The Sailor’s Hornpipe!

[@steveballard2168]

really funny

[@blazednlovinit]

Lime anyone?

[@RozarSmacco]

10 on the seventh string is A

[@SSArcher11]

some cowbell!

[@runetitan-lx4ih]

i feel like i am missing something why do people keep laughing

[@MonkeyGus]

+rune titan You just haven't got the class lad.

[@runetitan-lx4ih]

+FozzieBearuk yeah that is what i am trying to change so would you care to explain

[@BronxCPH]

+rune titan It´s an old inside joke at the Proms. It´s kind of like the orchestra against the prommers. The prommers try to get the orchestra to make a mistake and the orchestra try to beat them in a race. It´s there every year and it´s part of the traditions at the last night of the proms.

[@Thunderer0872]

+rune titan if your referring to the violin at the start 'for me' it's cos it sounds like the ship is sinking when he plays out of tune... very funny if you come from a navy family.

[@thebigitchy]

+logbasher it's not that he's playing out of tune, it's that he switches to a minor key. Playing in a minor key makes the piece sound sad or tragic, and that's why it sounds like the ship's sinking.

[@junkster129]

Dat thumb nail do

[@willheminsley7386]

Anyone else just here for homework?

[@onlychap]

Nice to see without the flag wars